I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

- Geno Auriemma

Barbara said she knew it was in as soon as she shot it. She's told me a lot of lies over the last four years, but that was the biggest one I've ever …

- Geno Auriemma

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.

- Geno Auriemma

With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.

- Geno Auriemma

If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet. You're someone who…

- Geno Auriemma

I've had the privilege of coaching the best basketball team in the history of the world, and that's the USA national team. I've had a chance to coach…

- Geno Auriemma

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, …

- Geno Auriemma

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

- Geno Auriemma

So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players ei…

- Geno Auriemma